The Toll Comes Due Two Novellas of Gothic Crime

Robert Weaver, author of the Occult Britain series, and Wesley Winters, author of Nobody's Savior, have teamed up for a themed split of facing one's self and the person we have become versus who we still can be.

The Last Chime by Robert Weaver

They're on the run, hiding from the police in a remote and forgotten farmhouse. They are not alone. There's a man in a church bell nearby, a man of legend and supposed fiction. Will he be their savior or destroyer?

When brothers Pip and Bet accept a job to kidnap a child from the playground, they quickly learn the "simple" assignment is far more complicated and dangerous than they'd been led to believe. Not only is the child the District Attorney 's offspring, but their employer is one of the most feared and monstrous gangsters in the city.

Early Praise for The Toll Comes Due

"The Toll Comes Due pairs two authors with distinct and powerfully passionate styles who become, here, a combined force of Gothic noir storytelling, rivalling the masters of the genre with a delightful offering of cinematic, dangerous and adrenaline-fuelled prose. Two thrilling stories are told with so much viscera and fullness that you find yourself transported from one life to the next within the pages. Weaver's The Last Chime is a perfectly dark exploration of monstrosity that ramps up with an electric and growing finality, and Winters' Going Sideways does just that, pulling the reader frantically in one direction before wheeling off in another. Fast-paced and gloriously gritty, this second story is splashed with narrative colour in dripping, viscous streaks." Derek Heath, author of Marsh Lights and Empire of Cold

"Weaver and Winters deftly deliver two novellas that are equally powerful and bleak." Steve Stred, multiple-nominated author of Mastodon and Churn the Soil

"Weaver's hand brings a solemn, emotional touch laced with darkness, while Winters' delivers a fast, aggressive ride straight from the pages of a comic book." Alexander Michael, author of The Galleria and Called from the Cares of the World

"Weaver and Winters craft a pair of novellas that thrum like criminal turbulence in a gothic heart. The Toll Comes Due is a terrific read." Coy Hall, author of Colossus with a Poison Tongue and Grimoire of the Four Imposters

"Both the novellas in The Toll Comes Due offer up tremendous surprises. These aren't your typical crime stories; Weaver and Winters take you in delightfully unexpected directions." Mark Allan Gunnells, author of When It Rains and 2B